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On Feb. 1, the Joint Powers Board, which owns and operates the Caltrain rail system, approved the proposed Caltrain Business Plan. According to Caltrain, the approved plan will allow for them to enact "to identify a service model that supports long-term regional job and population growth, and surging...

California does not have a winter season, and neither does Filoli.
This was the first year that Filoli Gardens, a California Historical Landmark, opened its gates to the public during the winter.
Filoli Gardens is a country house located on a 645-acre estate. The house was built between 1915 a...

At 19 years old, the Week of the Family shows how traditions become better with age.
The younger generation of San Carlos spent quality time with the older generations during the Adopt-A-Grandparent Day at the San Carlos Elms on Jan. 29 as part of the Week of the Family, a town custom.
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Why did the chickens cross the road? To get to the petting zoo.
A petting zoo was featured at the San Carlos Library on Jan. 28 as one of several events put on for The San Carlos Week of the Family.
The San Carlos Week of the Family was founded by Don Eaton, a three-time former mayor of San Car...

On Jan. 25 after school, students gathered at the Belmont Library to attend a seminar about life. The goal of the seminar series is to show students some choices of education or career path after high school.
"This event is part of a series called Life Hacks. The idea of this came from one of the...

On January 20, the San Carlos Library held its first-ever S.T.E.A.M. Fair to give the San Carlos community hands-on experience with science. S.T.E.A.M. is an acronym for science and technology interpreted through engineering and the arts, all based in mathematical elements.
The fair consisted of seven dif...

The eighth annual Good Food Awards, held at Fort Mason (in San Francisco), collected a large crowd to celebrate sustainable food from around the country.
The Good Food Awards assemble American producers and judge their products based primarily on taste and sustainability. They host a series of three c...

Every year, more than a million migratory birds take refuge in the Palo Alto Baylands. For 2018, Save the Bay intended to welcome these travelers by removing invasive plant species and replacing them with native ones.
"We're here to make these estuaries better for the birds and other species that...

The sun beat down on San Francisco City Hall as people gathered to have their voices heard in the 2018 San Francisco Women’s March.
But the fight for women’s rights was not the only topic.
On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people walked together in a march organized by Women’s March Bay Are...

They rose. They resisted. And most notably, they repeated.
On Saturday, Jan. 20, the women of San Francisco took to the streets one year after the Women’s March on Washington with a powerful message: Hear our vote.
The San Francisco March was one of many sister marches held around the country in s...

The SamTrans system provides fundamental transportation services to the Bay Area in the form of trains, accessible services for the disabled, and buses. In an attempt to improve and simplify service, several SamTrans bus routes and schedules are being modified effective Jan. 21.
“The merged routes ...

A 19-year-old man was shot on Chula Vista Drive in Belmont.
The shooting took place around 4:50 p.m. on the evening of Jan. 17 in front of the victim’s house. Police officers arrived at the scene soon after.
Sergeant Pete Lotti of the Belmont Police Department said, “We believe that there ...

Think someone in prison has hit rock bottom? Maybe not.
The juvenile detention center in San Mateo County provides many opportunities that can help kids who may have fallen down the wrong path turn around.
There are many rehabilitative resources and services to offer kids in need, including academic counselors, who make sure school credits are being transferred, and therapists, who help the kids through their traumatic experiences.